Economic modeling workshop in Julia

Y.-H. Henry Chen

This workshop aims to provide researchers with a structured pathway to economic modeling using Julia. Building on the fundamentals introduced in the previous workshop, I will focus on package development, visualization, and documentation tools, along with their practical applications. Participants will also have the opportunity to work on projects that apply the concepts and techniques covered throughout the workshop.

The workshop will include four online one-hour meetings every four weeks with possible future extension. The plan is to hold the first meeting in May, 2026.

Schedule and topic

• 10 – 11 am on Tuesday, 05/12/26 — Package directories
• 10 – 11 am on Tuesday, 06/09/26 — Visualization tools
• 10 – 11 am on Tuesday, 07/04/26 — Documentation tools
• 10 – 11 am on Tuesday, 07/28/26 — An application in CGE modeling

Contact

• Research Scientist, MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
• Email: chenyh[at]mit.edu

Course materials

• Session 1: Building a Julia package

Course project

• Session 1: Building a Julia package

Julia project and progress

• Comparing Julia and GAMS: CSAVE working paper (03/12/26)
• Slides on CSAVE comparison (01/23/26)
• Cold-start BenchmarkTools issue (12/07/25)
• Bootstrap CI for runtime differences (12/04/25)
• Restructuring CSAVEinJulia into functions (11/27/25)

Curriculum vitae

• CV (03/12/26)